Thread: Make Your 2012 Playoff Predictions

We all have our own predictions, so why not get them on record before the season starts!
(I know the Mariners just beat the A's, but I doubt either team is going to make it in anyone's playoff predictions)


NL West: San Francisco Giants
NL Central: Cincinnati Reds
NL East: Philadelphia Phillies

NL Wild Card: Miami Marlins
NL Wild Card: St. Louis Cardinals


AL West: Texas Rangers
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL East: Boston Red Sox

AL Wild Card: New York Yankees
AL Wild Card: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim



World Series: Red Sox over Reds in 5 games.

Here goes:

NL Divisions--Giants, Reds, Nats
NL Wild Cards--Fish, Cards (for the record I hate 2nd wild card--just a move to ensure BoSox make playoffs)

AL Divisions--Yanks, Tiggers, Angels
AL Wild Cards--Rangers, D Rays

NL CS Reds over Giants
AL CS Angles over Yanks

WS Angels over Reds in 6

AL East: Rays, Yanks (WC2), Jays, Sox, O's
AL Central: Tigers, Twins, Royals, Indians, Sox
AL West: Angels, Rangers (WC1), A's, M's

NL East: Phillies, Marlins (WC1), Nats (WC2), Braves, Mets
NL Central: Reds, Brewers, Cards, Pirates, Cubs, Astros
NL West: Rockies, Giants, D-Backs, Dodgers, Padres

WC Round: Rangers over Yanks, Marlins over Nats
ALDS: Rangers over Angels, Rays over Tigers
NLDS: Phillies over Marlins, Rockies over Reds
ALCS: Rangers over Rays
NLCS: Phillies over Rockies

World Series: Phillies in 6 over Rangers

AL West: Angels
AL Central: Tigers
AL East: Red Sox
AL WC: Yankees, Rangers

ALCS: Angels over Tigers


NL West: D-Backs
NL Central: Cardinals
NL East: Phillies
NL WC: Marlins, Nationals (how about that for a pick!)

NLCS: Phillies over Marlins

World Series: Angels over Phillies.

AL East: Rays
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Rangers
AL Wild Cards: Yankees, Angels

NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Reds
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Cards: Cardinals, Marlins

ALCS: Rangers over Tigers
NLCS: Dodgers over Cardinals

World Series: Rangers over Dodgers in 7

Originally Posted by glanzer

World Series: Rangers over Dodgers in 7

Whoa! The Dodgers? That would REALLY impress the new owners...

AL
East: Rays
Central: Need game 165; Twins end up #1, Tigers #3
West: Rangers

AL Wild card #1: Angels; AL Wild Card #2: Yankees

NL
East: Phillies
Central: reds
West: Diamondbacks

NL Wild Card #1: Marlins; NL Wild Card #2: Cardinals

Angels beat Yankees, Marlins beat Cards

ALDS/NLDS: Angels beat Rays, rangers beat the Twins; Diamondbacks beat Phillies, Marlins beat Reds

ALCS/NLCS: Angels beat Rangers in 7, Diamondbacks beat Marlins in 6

WS: Angels win in 7

I don't think any of these teams are the "dream teams" that we had last year, but they are pretty good. I think the Twins win out over the tigers because the Twins have (some) semblance of an infield that can play defense, and their outfield isn't bad.

i have the angels winning it because they have a solid team right now, but if the Abreu controversy grows in magnitude, their record might not survive it.

Also, with how thin the pitching is for the Red Sox and the Yankees, and how weak the hitting is for the Rays, I think the AL East division will be up for grabs for the first time in a long while, instead of having the two expected teams, the BoSox and the Yankees, come out of that division seeming invincible.

AL East: Rays
AL West: Angels
AL Central: Tigers
AL Wild Card: Rangers, Yankees

NL East: Marlins
NL West: Giants
NL Central: Reds
NL Wild Cards: Phillies, (extremely-wild card) Pirates

Wild Card Round: Phillies over Pirates, Yankees over Rangers
Division Round: Phillies over Marlins, Giants over Reds, Rays over Tigers, Angels over Yankees
Championship Round: Giants over Phillies, Angels over Rays
California World Series: Giants over Angels

Like Clubber Lang said my prediction is "Pain." This is how I see the Twins season developing. Without question it will be painfull with this rotation and bullpen.

AL East: Rays
AL West: Angels
AL Central: Tigers
AL Wild Card: Rangers, Yankees

NL East: Braves
NL West: Giants
NL Central: Cardinals
NL Wild Cards: Phillies, Brewers

Wild Card Round: Brewers over Phillies, Rangers over Yankees
Division Round: Braves over Cardinals, Giants over Brewers, Angels over Rays, Yankees over Tigers
Championship Round: Giants over Braves, Angels over Yankees
California World Series: Giants over Angels

I haven't paid much attention to the NL, but for the AL:

AL East: Rays, Blue Jays (WC2), Yankees, Red Socks, Orioles

AL Central: Twins, Royals, Tigers, Indians, White Sox

AL West: Rangers, Angels (WC1), Mariners, A's

Blue Jays ride into the playoffs on a late season surge, coupled with some injury problems with the Yankees. They shock everyone by beating the Angels in the wild card game and the Rangers in the ALDS. The Rays pummel the Twins, and the ALCS sets a new record for number of home runs in a playoff series, but ultimately, the Rays win in 7.

AL
E: Rox
C: Tigers
W: Angels

WC: Rangers, Yankees

NL
E: Phillies
C: Reds
W: Giants

WC: Marlins, Cardinals

ALCS: Angels >Rox

NLCS: Phillies > Reds

WS: Phillies > Angels

Originally Posted by spideyo

I haven't paid much attention to the NL, but for the AL:

AL Central: Twins, Royals, Tigers, Indians, White Sox

Have you been paying any attention to the AL?